Now the industry is once again converging on the same trend with the split headlight design
@corsicar_2 ай бұрын
and the split headlights are much more widespread, it's funny to see that even luxury makers like Audi, BMW and Rolls are all following what Citroen of all brands started
@Johansans9992 ай бұрын
@@corsicar_ damn I wasn't aware Citroen started that trend. Would love to see your breakdown on that!
@bavalenzuela2 ай бұрын
@@corsicar_ I always saw the Juke as the start lf that trend, or we can say Pontiac Aztek too. That and lightbars are the face of cars in 2020.
@TheJaironman992 ай бұрын
@@bavalenzuelathe juke or the aztek had split headlights but in this case it is the citroen that started the "thin running light over the low-placed actual headlight" with the C4 Picasso years ago
@JellyBean-ed2uq2 ай бұрын
@@corsicar_let's not forget about the trend of humongous front grills, that is heavily influenced and a product of the Asian market
@olliegoria2 ай бұрын
90s jellybean headlights: *nervous sweating*
@ziginox2 ай бұрын
Impreza, Legacy, Maxima, Camry, Corolla, J30... the list goes on and on!
@subaruhawkeyeimpreza2 ай бұрын
Nissan Micra K11 prefacelift is a great example of the jellybean design
@MrOiram462 ай бұрын
Meanwhile, GMT400 headlights: *BRICC*
@olliegoria2 ай бұрын
@@ziginox Wasn't just the J-cars! Pretty much any car made by one of the American Big Three had it bad too! Dodge Intrepid, Plymouth Breeze, Chevrolet Cavalier and Lumima, Oldsmobile Alero, pretty much anything made by Ford at the time
@dmoqppsoysc2 ай бұрын
right i think he missed that, that shape was the precursor of the 00's shape only in sealed beam form
@dhillaz2 ай бұрын
I love the sneaky inclusion of both the Ford Fusion and the Ford Fusion
@ToreDL872 ай бұрын
He kinda... fused it in there.
@kuchenblechmafiagmbh13812 ай бұрын
Ford has a bunch more "twins", the US Escort is clearly differing from the European Escort (at least both are compact class) also the US and European Granada. And then they have some slightly altered names like the Galaxie (US full-size sedan in the 60s and early 70s) and the Galaxy (European MPV from 1995-2024, the first generation was made in the same Portugese factory as the 1st gen VW Sharan and Seat Alhambra); the Taunus (named after the Taunus Mountain Range northern of Frankfurt, in production from 1939 into the 1980s, a European family car) and the Taurus (latin for "Bull" a US Mid-/Full-Size Car introduced in 1985). Also the Kuga (European name for the Escape) and Cougar (also last gen Mercury Cougar) sports coupé it's funny that they also have the Puma (which is an alternative/latin word for Cougar), a smaller sports coupé based on the Fiesta, now a small SUV.
@nl8795Ай бұрын
@@kuchenblechmafiagmbh1381 also the new electric Explorer for the European market
@WayneKerr69420Ай бұрын
@@ToreDL87 😏
@maksoncustommodels7802 ай бұрын
Man i love youtube. Where else you could randomly, at 7am, out of nowhere stumble upon video dedicated to deep analysis of very specific niche topic of cars headlights shape in 2000s
@TheMcstevester2 ай бұрын
At your mom's house
@DrSpaceman422 ай бұрын
@@TheMcstevesterwtf
@019283746552 ай бұрын
@@TheMcstevester True
@titusbyzantine4949Ай бұрын
@@TheMcstevester bro what
@kadosmp42 ай бұрын
These headlights also appeared on the greatest car ever made: the AU Falcon
@rayton-fissoremagnum30602 ай бұрын
AU Falcon! AU Falcon! AU Falcon! AU Falcon!
@iuopunderstandyourjokes99142 ай бұрын
The greatest car is the passat 1.9 tdi, the second greatest is the golf 4 1.9 tdi, the third greatest is the sharan 1.9 tdi. I'd say the au falcon is the fourth greatest car
@4dmd2 ай бұрын
@@iuopunderstandyourjokes9914au falcon 1.9 tdi when
@iuopunderstandyourjokes99142 ай бұрын
@4dmd absolute dream machine
@HOLDEN18562 ай бұрын
you can't spell AUstralia without AU
@liuzeta94062 ай бұрын
I can name about 50 fords with those headlights around the time. And mercuries, and toyotas, and Vauxhalls, and Opels, and holdens, and the audi tt and the swift, an- yeah, I get the point now.
@Caspercab2 ай бұрын
ok then, name them
@realredirect2 ай бұрын
@@Caspercab 25 mk6 fiesta and 25 mk6 focus
@ClutchBuster2 ай бұрын
@@realredirect Vectra as well
@Shaheem-abdullah_V102 ай бұрын
The only Mercury that didn't have them was the good ol grand marqs
@pedrocapllonchteba48432 ай бұрын
And I could name a larger number of cars with a completely different headlights style from the same era: Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Lancia, Seat, Volvo, Saab, Rover, Jaguar, Mazda, Skoda, Volkswagen....
@TurboAviation7372 ай бұрын
It’s happening again. All the cars nowadays have thin lights or straight line lights
@עידוכסלו2 ай бұрын
Thanks to Citroën, which was about the only brand that never caved to this 2000’s design trend. Too bad Peugeot ruined them again, possibly forever this time
@thagoose4802 ай бұрын
Unfortunately this time they are all binding LED headlights that cost over $1,000 to replace. Todays headlights look really good, but headlights are a safety thing. They should be made affordable imoh.
@popisolation2 ай бұрын
Yeah, but they aren't all designed the same. Drls and overall designs can be differentiated easily, for audi if you know the cars you can tell each one just by the drls from a distance, and you can tell most kias like telluride and k5 from half a mile away
@ghostlif2 ай бұрын
@@עידוכסלו Lol, look at the headlights of Citroen C2
@jamesyoo47792 ай бұрын
@@thagoose480 I suspect as more aftermarket dealers come in and the technology becomes more ubiquitous, the parts may come down in price once these cars become old enough for a light replacement.
@jatfox46632 ай бұрын
I can't decide if I like or dislike the newest headlight designs. They make the cars Look so annoyed. +the new LEDs are literally stun granades.
@notcheems27832 ай бұрын
Im a kind of person that matters the balance of headlight and grille design. I think the new headlight designs are good, just the pairing it with the ridiculous grilles just makes the car look "eh" to me. Also would prefer halogens over LED i'm not gonna lie
@destroyer2522 ай бұрын
My biggest gripe is that they make every car look very sporty, especially combined with the aggressive, sharp lines on just about every car nowadays. I understand if it's a sports sedan, like a BMW, or a sportier version of a hatchback, like the Yaris GR, but why in the world would a family sedan, like say the new Corolla, have such an angry, aggressive design? Economic family cars should exude familiarity, warmth, a welcoming look, much like most family cars from the past. It doesn't make any sense for a grocery getter car to look like a track monster. They all just look like some riced out beast I would have drawn up when I was 5 years old.
@jatfox46632 ай бұрын
@@notcheems2783I hate electric cars for that exact reason. They don't have a "mouth". They have huge "eyes" but no other "facial features". Normaly I would see the Logo as a nose but that effect doesn't work if the front is a plastic brick. They just look so .... dead. Like a corpse that had their mouth and nose stiched shut.
@jatfox46632 ай бұрын
@@destroyer252I grew up arround multiple peugeot 307s (combi). I love the little smile, the friendly eyes and how "open" the car is with the huge windows. I was always slightly intimidated by how big and bulky the car is, but that little smile always made me laugh. I especially hate the aerodynamic tails of newer cars - and their wide hips. The 307s have sooo much room in them and they don't "fall down" in the back. You can't put anything into the new ones. There is just no space in their trunk and no one can sit in the 2nd row because the roof is to low.
@yay8422 ай бұрын
Audi is the biggest offender with their dumbfk tech. The only valid new generation headlights I like are from Lexus tbh
@Whomobile2 ай бұрын
0:44 Suzuki Swift my beloved, all these headlight designs remind me of the smooth, rounded LEGO bricks in sets at the time, I guess it was a style trendy shape everywhere
@killermangaming13352 ай бұрын
I'd never think you would be here
@RealNameNeverUsed2 ай бұрын
The only thing that caught my attention with this headlight shape is the Swift. It just looks very naturally on it.
@andrelima51242 ай бұрын
Now we have the led crossbar tailights and split headlights on every damn car lol
@TWOxTONE_773Ай бұрын
Don’t forget the god awful illuminated logo.
@andrelima5124Ай бұрын
@@TWOxTONE_773 Lord Have Mercy that's disgusting 😂
@DetroitBORG2 ай бұрын
I think the origin of this design trend at Ford came in the form of the 1996 Lincoln Sentinel and 1997 Mercury MC-4 Concept Cars, it's certainly the first time I had seen that look which accompanied a sharp front fender return (that was actually the biggest part of the design novelty). Up to this point, everybody had wrap-around headlights that cut off the fender corners. Cadillac "Art & Science" design also mandated these type of headlights on all their models.
@musicmoviesandgames20042 ай бұрын
Hey, it’s THE DetroitBORG! Didn’t know you were still active.
@ilczuk12 ай бұрын
Ford Fusion joke is the best. I will never understand using the same name for those two.
@thedeadstig1232 ай бұрын
The rover prototype just looks like a Vauxhall signum which was years away when they were designing the rover
@AuroraBeyond8882 ай бұрын
Rover was ahead of the game entirely with the TCV too, by about 15 years.
@98SE2 ай бұрын
RIP MG Rover and most of the British car industry as a whole.
@ethanlittle7762 ай бұрын
Rumour has it BMW stole the design and made the 1 series. Can definitely say it’s inspired by it at least
@AuroraBeyond8882 ай бұрын
@@ethanlittle776 I remember a rumour years ago that the E90 3-Series and E60 5-Series started off in life as the Rover 55 and Rover 65 and that's why they felt so completely different to anything else they'd done before design wise. But I don't believe that.
@kuchenblechmafiagmbh13812 ай бұрын
@@AuroraBeyond888 Interestingly the head of Design Chris Bangle was already doing their designs in the mid to late 90s and did cars like the Z3 or 7 E38 and then had a real paradigm shift with the controversial 7 series E65-E68 and said 5 series E60/E61.
@tzuRu2 ай бұрын
Wait a second.... My 02 Clio literally has the "Basic Shape" headlights with the leading round edge...oh my God.
@takigosciu2 ай бұрын
my previous car, the 2007 mitsubishi colt also had that oh god oh fu edit: wait its also triangular but its rounded on the bottom edge, bit more like the peugeot approach
@theeeMitchi2 ай бұрын
so does my wife's 2005 Opel Corsa C ... damn
@nathanstroud22232 ай бұрын
I took my driving test in a Ford Fusion with those headlights, but you'll have to guess which one I'm referring to.
@Flashbang_Photo2 ай бұрын
My 99 micra as well
@manuelmenendez5691Ай бұрын
I'm glad you mentioned the Prelude near the end. I was about to go mad
@gg_vard2 ай бұрын
As the owner of a mk1 Focus I have to say it's so good even those years laters
@CheapBastard19882 ай бұрын
Especially the 3 door was an amazing piece of design. I especially liked it in dark blue with tinted windows. It looked like a coupé but more practical and affordable.
@jellymartin1811Ай бұрын
Same here (as pictured in my pfp). I wish they kept with the styling as I really like it, and despite current issues (electrical issues likely due to a previous water leak due to water going through the ac vents causing the fuel pump to sporadically cut out) the car at 314k miles, it was reliable for previous owners despite them obviously neglecting it so even though I have had many issues with it, I would still recommend them to anyone for a reliable first car looking at my cars previous history.
@arca9e2952 ай бұрын
Can we also talk about how a lot of European car’s taillights had the same 6 panel arrangement for a period of time? Examples, Volvo 240, Porsche 944, VW Golf/Cabrio
@jhsevs2 ай бұрын
chevrolet celebrity
@trbossdoggy2 ай бұрын
And examples finis h there, not a trend.
@netheex2 ай бұрын
One of the best taillight designs! 190E EVO, and the Testarossa
@nickrustyson8124Ай бұрын
@@jhsevsalso early 3rd gen Camaros
@imnotusingmyrealname45662 ай бұрын
4:42 I love this era of Volkswagen above anything else. It's just so good both from a design and technological aspect.
@sebafer27192 ай бұрын
I so badly wish I had gotten to live through that era 🥲
@Mark_badas2 ай бұрын
@@sebafer2719You can still buy the cars
@Who_can_save_you_from_hell2 ай бұрын
Phaeton was the masterpiece and Piech the master oft this all.
@imnotusingmyrealname45662 ай бұрын
@@Who_can_save_you_from_hell Volkwagen at that time was when a car guy runs a car company, now it's accountants.
@imnotusingmyrealname45662 ай бұрын
@@sebafer2719 I can't think of a single bad model. All had amazing engines, features and design.
@tylerkeenan43902 ай бұрын
I’m glad you mentioned the prelude. That car was in my mind the whole video
@Bosnia_Lover26 күн бұрын
3:15 that ain't no Chevrolet, that is the Waterson mobile
@gg_vard2 ай бұрын
The Fusion double take was funny and unexpected
@ChristoAbrie2 ай бұрын
as an amateur designer i can give a very easy explanation for why this "basic shape" was so popular. that curved line is very easy to draw, cuz it's a natural movement for your hand to do, and when you are drawing (as most car designers often start out doing), you tend to follow the natural flow of the pencil. This is why most cars with this headlight shape, has an inoffensive design, because the natural flow of the design is uninterrupted and uniform. It might not necessarily be particularly interesting or attractive, but it's a far cry from downright ugly.
@kiadxxz2 ай бұрын
i love the nicheness of the subjects you cover
@calamityyy2 ай бұрын
I love VW's blocky bauhaus design. Clean, sleek, practical and ergonomically just right.
@DaciaSandero_1.5DCi2 ай бұрын
even the kia picanto had them lights
@rockets4kids2 ай бұрын
When people don't even remember sealed beam headlamps....
@projectdriven44932 ай бұрын
Dude you have to be one of the best and most underrated car KZbinrs here. Your topics seem to be exactly the type of things I would post if I did these. Keep it up!
@Plaston_2 ай бұрын
80s car designers where all like "im going to put a square/rectangle headlight on my cube/rectangle car!"
@fenn_frenАй бұрын
90's car designers were like "I'm going to put round/oval headlights on my round/bubbly car!"
@HulluJanneАй бұрын
Just the other week I started to think that did the people in the 80's (late 70's, 80's and early 90's) have the same "now everything looks the same!" vibes as we have now? Because there were a LOT of "brick" straight line cars back then. Though I for some reason don't have much difficulty to tell what is what*, because the badging was pretty clear back then and they still usually had some brand specific stuff on them. *I'm talking about old cars.
@lightinabox69312 ай бұрын
Sweetie wake up corsicar has blessed us petrolheads once more
@adidragan2 ай бұрын
next episode: "2015+ when all the headlights are actually in the bumper and they have DRL eyebrows and indicators" an absolutely hideous design trend. Thanks nissan juke.
@jlang82132 ай бұрын
Thanks Pontiac Aztek.
@adidragan2 ай бұрын
@@jlang8213 oshi you're right. we didnt get that in europe so I completely forgot, but yeah.
@real_swiftydragon2 ай бұрын
It was actually Citroen that started the trend of DRLs/signals above the headlights
@Simone-Bucn2 ай бұрын
Jeep Cherokee of 10 years ago.
@kooliewhip2 ай бұрын
Cries in 2022+ Hyundai Tucson
@silviu.x26612 ай бұрын
Fusion mentioned hello
@watermonke45992 ай бұрын
Fusion mentioned fr 🗣️🗣️💯💯
@fenn_frenАй бұрын
Can't believe he mentioned the Fusion AND the Fusion!
@jimsixkustom2 күн бұрын
Keep it coming, this is good stuff and 172% better than other car channels
@padiosracer122 ай бұрын
You are a different level of underrated - your content is amazing! When I clicked on your video, I was expecting your channel to have a few million subscribers. Keep up the videos, you'll grow big :)
@rafaellomacchiato8113Ай бұрын
You've basically summed up 2000's design! I didn't even notice at least not to such a degree. Nice work!
@dsd17421 күн бұрын
I really enjoy your kind of humour and choice of themes. Hope you can do longer videos (20 to 25 minutes max) in the near future.
@ruffmadman2 ай бұрын
I think it was so ubiquitous because the shape felt so obvious. The shape follows the lines of the hood and flows so naturally on pen and paper.
@Jacob-co7of2 ай бұрын
The vectras is interesting because i personally find the vectra b design way sleeker and sportier prettier than that of the vectra c
@brettt82462 ай бұрын
The 1998 AU Ford Falcon had the same design language and it's sales tanked, especially with the, at launch, 'waterfall grille' which was popular in Sth East Asian Ford designs. Ford Australia backpedalled so hard that they managed to resurrect the design with the (almost) excellent 2002 BA Ford Falcon, but I think their Twincam 24 Valve 4.0 litre motor did most of the heavy lifting!
@patrickmartin33222 ай бұрын
And even before the AU there was yet another New Edge car, the 1996 Ka
@camryt2 ай бұрын
BA was a handsome thing albeit always angry looking. What’s even fore baffling about the AU is that they tried to fix it with quad round headlamps which not only made it look ridiculous, but also 10 years older than it was. That being said, AU Falcon was still a looker compared to Fairlane from the same year…
@Thomas-rk4rl2 ай бұрын
@@camryt The quad round headlights had been a thing since ED XR6/8, and yes they always looked a bit stupid. The BA and BF have a similar motif on their headlights on the XR models compared to the real ones
@callummclachlan47712 ай бұрын
@@camryt I do like the front ends on the XR models. Much more aggressive than the normal ones.
@berkan55782 ай бұрын
Omg I googled the falcon of that time and jesus christ did that look bad
@ldmtag2 күн бұрын
1. Huge respect for featuring Great Wall Hover 2. Mercedes W164 headlights were a continuation of W163 almond-shaped headlights, they just happened to look similar
@Anollii2 ай бұрын
10:42 On the outro there, instead of 57th every video, you should change the number with either +1, 2 or 3 maybe even minus sometimes. But that would make the outros a bit more interesting
@joemama382 ай бұрын
I had observed that Honda’s entire lineup in the mid 2000s had headlights like this. Honda was more 4 points rather than 3 though
@CobnutVTS2 ай бұрын
I hate how much youve made me realise this and now im going to be looking out for this shape for an entire week before i forget again
@jax9101Ай бұрын
hey just want to say i really enjoy these videos, i've always casually liked cars and i think it's really cool to look at how everything works behind the scenes. in my opinion this isn't the boring side of car culture at all. a lot of it is kind of fascinating to me.
@glanzera2 ай бұрын
This is the shit I think about in my head but nobody ever verbalizes lol.
@CarringtonHollisterАй бұрын
As an owner of a B5.5 Passat, I’m glad to know that my car is featured in this video
@graeschuster49522 ай бұрын
Haven't seen any headlights from this era nowadays that aren't yellowed out.
@Simone-Bucn2 ай бұрын
Because they're all cheap plastic.
@paul5683Ай бұрын
Yellow dirty looking headlights are alright in the city but rural night driving is dangerous. My 2002 Mercedes still drove nice but unless I kept the high beams on traveling at freeway speeds at night was the only way I could see. When I would dim/ dip the lights it was almost like I had turned the lights off. Other than the dashboard lights I would not know that the lights were even on. Test drove a 2019 Nissan Altima and was totally floored with the led lights. Even on low I could see almost as far as I'd want. Go up to high and they just went out to infinity. Fog lights are actually irrelevant with leds. The Altima had fog lights along with the leds and going back and forth, I could barely tell if they made any difference.
@graeschuster4952Ай бұрын
@@paul5683 LEDs are too bright. It seems like everyone always has high beams on. If you flash someone then their highs go on and it is like staring at the sun. It is especially bad with how big pickups and SUVs have become.
@FirstMetalHamster2 ай бұрын
Still love the Golf 3 front with those 3 lights in a row below the big, slightly bubbly one.
@추상인간2 ай бұрын
You'll be surprised to know how similar the headlights of Ssangyong's Kyron and Mercedes-Benz S-Class are.
@ichigozanghetsu2 ай бұрын
A lot of sangyongs are just remodeled mercedes.
@MethMonkey-yb9mr2 ай бұрын
@@ichigozanghetsu back then, they used a lot of Mercedes PARTS, but Ssangyong never sold anything that was originally a Merc. These days they're entirely their own thing.
@ihatethisfield2 ай бұрын
@@MethMonkey-yb9mr Ssangyong chairman is a w124 underneath.
@onionman500_m82 ай бұрын
@@MethMonkey-yb9mryes and no, they have used Mercedes engines in some vehicles, but there is one that technically is a rebadged Mercedes and it's the chairman
@MethMonkey-yb9mr2 ай бұрын
@@onionman500_m8 yes engines are included in the shared parts bin - they used almost exclusively Merc engines back in the 90s. Oh yep my bad, I completely forgot the Chairman was a thing xD. Also they still use Merc gearboxes so they're not entirely separate.
@Fordking-DarkHorseEnjoyer2 ай бұрын
I love this channel. Always great content to see.
@rivuraja4953Ай бұрын
Loved the info, but subscribed cz of how it was presented, absolutely loved the humors! So refreshing
@Kacpa22 ай бұрын
Mitsubishi 3000GT also had them on 2nd gen/1st facelift aftet it lost the pop up headlights. Last version techiclh too, but the corner/turn indicator light made it into more Supra esque shape.
@FamilySouthernGospel145352 ай бұрын
0:13 the middle one is mercury milan
@theninethrees80442 ай бұрын
Damn, my 2012 Lexus IS250 has the same damn design 😮
@Simone-Bucn2 ай бұрын
That generation IS actually did it ridiculously well. Unlike Mercedes and the American brands.
@edwardmullan27242 ай бұрын
The Ford focus made a huge impact on design in the late 90's, but the early 2000's everything looked like a focus
@michi-eke2 ай бұрын
corsicar can you talk about that trend of doing the front fenders divided in two sections, one line goes to the windows bottom line and the other goes up to the A pillar. it's on the Fiat Punto 199, and literally any car of 2006-2009
@SianaGearz2 ай бұрын
I liked how Peugeot picked up the trend from Ford and then went all ham with it ever bigger and more swept back, with 206 and then 207, while giving it a unique touch.
@fenn_frenАй бұрын
The 307 and 407 basically took them and just stretched them out.
@JJonCars2 ай бұрын
Great video. I will never unsee this now 😂 At least I can sleep at night knowing my Mercedes CLK was an outlier in its strange merged circles headlight design :)
@91CrazyJoe2 ай бұрын
Forgot the fiesta Mk6 which was based on the MK2 focus. Same big headlight design
@cikuI002 ай бұрын
I mean, even Ford forgot about it in their Fiesta farewell video, but why they did is for me incomprehensible, great little car which handles well and causes no problems.
@rlas2 ай бұрын
Id love to see a video on why brands abandon their iconic headlight/rear light signature. There were times where I could say from far away "thats an Audi, Mercedes, Volvo" but that is hardly possible with newest models. The main reason is probably cost and them moving to LED even though that should cause more design freedom and not unity across different brands?
@fenn_frenАй бұрын
Because as the years go by, things grow stale, like it or not. They all wanted a new look, but unfortunately all ended up looking nearly identical. The new cars of the 2020's though are finally starting to have their own identities again. Not a unified look across the brand, but most models have their very own look.
@TheMrDemonizedАй бұрын
Plot twist: given any time period, lights on cars will always look the same
@fenn_frenАй бұрын
1930's cars all having the literal same round chrome bowl headlights.
@ronaldoromi927714 күн бұрын
It's crazy how unique and how much BMW's stand out in every generation after the 80s. When you see a BMW you'll know from far away. Your video made me realise why BMW are so praised today.
@Trance882 ай бұрын
Its interesting how many vehicles used this headlight design language. The first time I noticed it as a trend was in 2001 in an ad for the 2002 Mercury Mountaineer, and I instantly recognized it as the look of the next decade to come for car headlight design.
@tinystar30102 ай бұрын
I can't believe during all of the 2000s I've never noticed all headlights looked very similar....
@Turgineer2 ай бұрын
When you think about it, this headline is extremely accurate.
@liuzeta94062 ай бұрын
Damn. Under one minute. Well thats the last time thats happening.
@jemhollanders80242 ай бұрын
One of my favourite head light designs are the f30/f80/f82 such a great design and they still look modern today. Timeless design
@girisankar77052 ай бұрын
Quality content by corsicar yet again
@Swag_K1RBY2 ай бұрын
3:10 Amazing world of Gumball car
@EastsideBodega_2 ай бұрын
This guy keeps coming with BANGERS
@isopod_gaming-real-Ай бұрын
as a lincoln mark fan im so happy to see my favorite series of car mentioned.
@real_swiftydragon2 ай бұрын
3:01 the timing of the music!😂😂
@FlexRogers24 күн бұрын
Something similar I noticed is how car brands were all incorporating trapezoids and rhombuses in their front/rear fascia from ~2014-2022 and now they’re shifting towards triangles and squares
@Amir_Akhmetzyanov2 ай бұрын
I literally have this 1st focus generation sedan this day. Great car! And yeah, I thought about its headlights when you started talk about 2000s
@Amir_Akhmetzyanov2 ай бұрын
And its not a focus at 9:13 but mondeo, tho, haha Trying not to be a nerd
@martinjaser27252 ай бұрын
I loved this style as a kid and i miss these on modern cars. They are a bit bulky and good to see, not like the thin LED strips we have today.
@BigWheel.2 ай бұрын
The plastic fades badly on these though.
@martinjaser27252 ай бұрын
@BigWheel. You are absolutly right, that is a big problem with cars out of this bulky era.
@martinjaser27252 ай бұрын
My dad had a Kia Rio for at least 10 years. It was a great car but they faded too
@mateostudent7166Ай бұрын
this channel scratches my tism just right
@kilotiger77802 ай бұрын
People nowadays complain that all new cars look the same because of the split headlights but it has always been like that and the mid 2000's era is a perfect example of that. Trends come and go, every decade has its own styling and there's nothing wrong with that...
@TheBanditUte2 ай бұрын
don't forget that the Au Falcon also shares the *"New Edge"* design too.
@Autunite2 ай бұрын
The Mitsubishi Galant of that era was something for itself, with that angry, wide front. I love that look.
@edmonneto7 күн бұрын
15 years from now a version of this video will review the history of the connected rail lights
@JK0619962 ай бұрын
You can clearly see Ford's inspiration to Volkswagen design in the Five Hundred which from the side looks identical to the contemporary Audi A6
@Swiss4.22 ай бұрын
You can also see VW Group influence in the design of the Ford Prodigy concept. To me it looks alot like the A6 of the time with it's triangle window by the c-pillar and smooth lines
@Samuel-fd6hy2 ай бұрын
Loved how the sax stalled when the pinto was revealed.
@DMKleinArts2 ай бұрын
1:38 A Nissan NX!
@CrisdapariАй бұрын
For me, another big change in the design of the 2000s was the bumper line, i.e. the difference between the bumper, the grille, lights and the bonnet/hood. Now we can see a continuous shape between the plastic and the metal. When parking I still miss the old school practical and protective bumper.
@CuLozus5 күн бұрын
In the past there were literally decades of used same manufacturer of headlights when all cars used to have same rectangular lights.
@LarryLopez912 ай бұрын
You could literally apply this title to every decade lol. Not just for headlights, but cars themselves.
@wutang612 ай бұрын
Razor thin “DRL’s” with headlights in the bumper will age like flower wallpaper for 2020’s
@FurryWrecker9112 ай бұрын
What's wild is realizing that - while I grew up with this headlight style and am used to it - there's gonna be watchers in here that were never even alive when this was in, and are watching this more as a historical documentary from before their time.
@fenn_frenАй бұрын
Congrats on getting old buddy.
@emilianosixtos2 ай бұрын
I love this channel , excellent stuff
@MagnificentlyHighAlien2 ай бұрын
I do have a soft spot for these sleek functional designs. Gives the car presence, no matter if it's a hatchback or sedan.
@KurdimhurErshplitenlaudenbumer2 ай бұрын
Finally! Someone make a video about that mystery! Also Lexuses: GX, LX, RX, LS from that time
@executive19462 ай бұрын
reminds me of the random headlight listings on auto parts pages - "DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT x1 1002768" and nothing on the listing
@lastotallyawesomebleach2042 ай бұрын
In the 2020's, when all cars looked exactly the same on every possible angle.
@duncansnowden68572 ай бұрын
Rover was so short of cash at the time that I've always assumed those headlights *were* Ford or GM units, to be fair. Rapidly becoming my 56th-favourite content creator, by the way...
@jwalster94122 ай бұрын
The irony of this is that so many people and brands wanted to get rid of sealed beam headlights because they looked the same and were hard to work around, and even without them brands couldn't help but cookie cutter eachother.
@evolutionjАй бұрын
You should talk about today's tail lights where it's just a horizonal straight line. Like a rushed project that you started last minute and due by midnight 😂
@joez.279416 күн бұрын
2000s, when I still enjoyed driving at night.
@zarzaf64142 ай бұрын
Very smart video gj. Also this opened my eyes why so many cars look bland and old and it is because they have this headlight shape.
@griff21622 ай бұрын
yay u're alive
@AlphaShark2 ай бұрын
This was good, I liked this.
@GytisZeimys2 ай бұрын
Me, a minute into the video: headlights are expensive, they cause drag and are highly regulated by law so it's probably the most effective way to meet the regulations and make them as cheap and aerodynamic as possible Narrator: they are part of the face, the IDENTITY